Prime Healthcare is an award-winning national hospital system with 43 acute-care hospitals providing nearly 43,000 jobs in 14 states. Eleven of the hospitals are members of the Prime Healthcare Foundation, a 501(c)3 public charity. Based in California and one of the largest hospital systems in the country, Prime Healthcare is committed to ensuring access to quality healthcare. Prime Healthcare and its hospitals have been recognized as among the ''100 Top Hospitals'' in the nation 36 times and among the ''15 Top Health Systems'' three times, and Prime is the only ''10 Top Health System'' west of the Mississippi. Prime Healthcare hospitals are annually recognized as ''Top Performers on Key Quality Measures'' by The Joint Commission.